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“Je vis, je meurs” de Louise Labé

The first recognized French poetess, Louise Labbé was born in Lyon, between 1520 and 1525. She was raised during one of the most interesting centuries in literature’s history. The Middle Ages were over, and the Italian renaissance was creating a revolution in France’s artistic life. The message is simple and still so very modern: love and its torments…

3- Translation

I live, I die: I drown and I burn,
I endure at once extreme heat and cold;
Life is at once too soft and too hard,
I feel boredom mingled with joys.

At the same time, I laugh and I cry,
And I endure many torments of pleasures,
My fortune fades away, and lasts forever,
At the same time, I wither and I Bloom.

Thus I suffer love’s inconstancies
And when I believe I will suffer more,
Without knowing, I find myself at peace.

Then, when I feel my joy is certain,
And I am on top of what I could wish right now,
Love casts me back into my former grief.

4- Additionnal vocabulary

mes seuls sponsors ; my only sponsors
on risque de ; one might
grosso modo ; more or less – slang
regorgent ; verb regorger ; to be full of
cité ; mentionned
au début ; a the begining
enfermait ; to enclose, to lock in
sous l’emprise ; under the spell of
berçant ; rocking (like a baby that is being rocked)